Confessions of a Cat-holic (127)

One day, Rex invited me to have sushi dinner with him. It was a weekend, in my distant memories. I remembered that I was wearing a yellow Tommy Hilfiger full zipped cotton sweatshirt with a pair of jeans and my signature Converse All Stars sneakers.

I liked to hang out with Rex. First, because he paid for everything when we were out. But on top of that, he was also a very considerate person. He was so chilled all the time. He never got on my nerves or stressed me out. I liked his vibes a lot, even though we never really talked much. I felt very comfortable with him. But please, I didn't mean kimochi that kind of comfortable. I meant to say that he always knew what was on my mind and he respected me enough to never challenge or coerce me into doing something that I might regret later.

We were around Admiralty at the time. I had no idea why we wandered around that district, taking in consideration that we already spent five days a week in that very same district for school. Anyways, that mattered not so much anymore. We both decided to have Japanese cuisine for dinner that day. As a girl, I always welcomed sushi. I could eat sushi every day and every meal without ever getting bored.

So we stopped by the bubble tea place next to it at Far East Finance Center. We each had a bubble tea and a tea set with toast. It was some time between lunch and dinner. So that could very much be our afternoon tea.

Right after we walked out of that bubble tea place, Genki Sushi was just round the corner on the very same block. It was kind of amazing that Rex and I both never really had too much on our plates. We could finish a lot of food, without trying.

We slowly strolled along the street and walked in Genki Sushi. We didn't have a booking but luckily that was not a busy day for Genki Sushi. We picked a seat next to the trolleys. We both kind of preferred that to a booth or bar table.

We were in the middle of the diner, back facing the transparent window entrance. We both had enough snacks for the afternoon so we were not in a rush to order. As the sushi plates slowly swayed past us, we started to play our favorite games again. Yes, we liked riddles a lot.

This time, it was guessing what was on each other's mind.

I asked Rex to guess which sushi I wanted to eat next. If we lost, the penalty might be a kiss. After that, it would be the other person's turn to read minds.

And it was a quiet game. Reading minds didn't need to say it out loud. We just had to order a dish or pick a plate that we thought the other person might want to try.

At the beginning, I thought I would win. But surprisingly, he seemed to know me better than I myself did. He picked tuna, yellow tail, California roll, hamachi, deep fried oyster, red shrimp, ark shell, salmon and flying fish roe. ALL MY FUCKING FAVORITE DISHES!

So I got kind of frustrated. Because I couldn't care less about his appetite anymore. I wanted my dishes back, into my mouth.

He knew what I was thinking. He said he would just kiss me to penalize me afterwards.

But I was not a person who would easily give in. I gave up on the trolleys already because those sushis were not exotic enough, apparently. I told the waitress I wanted a dish of geoduck clam as my way of revenge.

I thought he would get mad at me. But he didn't. Actually, now that I started to think about it, we never had a fight in our one year relationship.

He smiled and slowly picked a plate of sea urchin gunkan. It was the most expensive dish out of the entire menu and I was taken by surprise by his order. That was probably the only dish I had never tried in a sushi restaurant because it was too pricey!

And he finished it like it was the best thing in this world, all in front of me. Slow motion, savory mode.

So I ordered a dish of sea urchin gunkan as well, to make myself feel better. He was taking care of the bills anyways.

After that, it was the story of a man who went into a restaurant, ordered albatross, ate one bite, and killed himself. Why? What did Rex want to tell me? I would keep this as a secret between Rex and me. My love for Rex just grew more and more, day by day. He was the one.

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